1st post.... Whatsa Donk?

Pokertini · #1 04-29-2005, 05:57 PM

Greetings,
I've been following 2+2 over the past 3 weeks and have migrated over from rec.gambling.poker, where I've been lurking for the past 1 1/2 years. Much better and more useful content here IMO. As far as backgound, I started studying poker just over a year ago and have been playing ever since.

As this is my first post, I thought I would try and contribute something (marginally if at all) useful. I keep seeing the word "Donk" pop up, in relation to players. The term has escaped definition (or in fact, usage) in the several poker books I've read. As an aid to myself and other new members, I thought I would do some research. Please feel free to elaborate on my findings:

DONK
I started searching on 2+2, but searching returned far too many results, none of which suggested the derivation. Most of the posts said something to the effect of:

UTG+1 is a donk
CO is a superdonk
Button is donkolicious

Dictionary.com - No entry
A generic Poker Dicitionary - No entry
Urbandictionary.com - Certainly the most interesting entry, but doesn't seem to fit context:

"a very round, attractive ghetto style booty"
derivation: shortened form of badonkadonk
Ex: damn, i wanna hit that fine donk.

Further research revealed:
"The Donk, a motorized tank that’s often compared to Jabba the Hutt’s sail barge from “Return of the Jedi"... the stout, armored vehicle that transports drums by day and partygoers by night."

I finally stumbled on a pseudo-definition from rec.gambling.poker posted by DanielRentzer:

"you dont what a donk is? playing against donkeys and donks? in my opinion a donk is an ass...... a bad play, or even a sucker could be a donk..lol
donks"

I hope this helps.